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India: Haridwar

by Shakti Durga | 13 Oct, 2018 | Ancient Mysteries, Articles, Spiritual Travel

We arrived at our hotel the Haveli Hari Ganga, which is an old mansion right on the banks of the Ganga River. It is right in the middle of the old city of Haridwar, which is Haridwar a Mecca Pilgrims coming to the many temples, and of course, to the Ganga Herself....

India: Shiv Khori Cave

by Shakti Durga | 9 Oct, 2018 | Ancient Mysteries, Articles, Spiritual Travel

Explore the sacred Shiva Cave, Shiv Khori in Jammu. Our next trip was a long one. We said goodbye to the Ashram, and then we were on our way to the Shiv Khori cave. Time for a final photo before leaving. What a wonderful way to remember so many rich experiences and...

The Holy Lake To Manali

by Shakti Durga | 7 Oct, 2018 | Ancient Mysteries, Articles, Spiritual Travel

Explore the Himalayas travel from Lake Prashar to Manali, North India. The road from Lake Prashar to Manali took us through mountain passes and beautiful valleys, and our convoy of four wheel drive vehicles navigated switch backs, waterfalls, buffalos, goats, washed...

India: A Holy Lake

by Shakti Durga | 5 Oct, 2018 | Ancient Mysteries, Articles, Spiritual Travel

Visit to the Holy Lake Continuing Shakti Durga’s Letter Journey With the Infinite, Yatra The next day we set off on the first long leg of our yatra. We drove for about 7 hours with various...

Journey With The Infinite, Yatra

by Shakti Durga | 2 Oct, 2018 | Ancient Mysteries, Articles, Spiritual Travel

Yatra Namaste! Blessings from north India. We have been on a yatra with Swamiji, who is a disciple of the immortal Babaji. Babaji was written about in Paramahamsa Yogananda’s book, Autobiography of a Yogi (my favorite book). Babaji gave the teachings of Krya Yoga to...

Letter from Occitania, Southern France

by Shakti Durga | 22 Jun, 2017 | Ancient Mysteries, Articles, Spiritual Travel

Explore the Western Mystic sacred sites of Goddess Isis in Occitania. 22 June 2017, Occitania, Southern France We are staying in a small medieval French village called Alet Les Bain in Occitania, which is famous for a few things, including some impressive 6th century...

Letter from Wells

by Shakti Durga | 11 Jun, 2017 | Ancient Mysteries, Articles, Spiritual Travel

Exploring the sacred sites of Wells. Wells is a town 7 miles from Glastonbury. It got its name from the amazing wells or springs which gush forth in the city, and so we wanted to see not only the famous wells cathedral but the wells for which it was named. First we...

An Interview with Sri Sakthi Amma

by Shakti Durga | 6 Feb, 2015 | Ancient Mysteries, Articles, Spiritual Travel

The Golden Temple Project Below is an article that recently appeared in The Times of India, which is the largest newspaper in the world. The article carried photos of Maitreya playing the guitar, as well as Parvati Sundari, Bhadra Kali and Jagatambe meditating....

Ramakrishna Temple, Kolkata

by Shakti Durga | 4 Jan, 2013 | Ancient Mysteries, Articles, Spiritual Travel

Kolkata, Friday 4th January 2013 Namaste, Shiva and I left Australia with Jagatambe, Gayatri, Savitur and Ganga early on 1st January, bound for Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) India and the Shiva Pure Bliss retreat which commences in the Holy city of Varanasi on...